Selah Strong

Selah Strong (25 December 1737-4 July 1815) was a captain in the New York militia and a delegate to the first three New York provincial congresses during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Selah Strong was born in Setauket, New York on 25 December 1737, and he was related to General Nathaniel Woodhull and spy Abraham Woodhull through his mother. Strong owned a tavern in Setauket and was a delegate to the New York provincial congresses on 22 May and 6 December 1775 and in May 1776, supporting the Patriots during the American Revolution. Strong became a captain in the New York militia in 1776, and he was imprisoned for getting into a scuffle with a British Army officer, Captain Charles Joyce. Strong was sent to HMS Jersey, a prison ship, in Brooklyn Harbor, but his wife Anna Strong was able to secure his release due to her connections with some Tories. After his release, he moved to Connecticut with his children, while Anna stayed on Long Island; he died on 4 July 1815.